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A discussion of of Louis A. Johnson—the controversial lawyer and politician who was FDR's architect of industrial mobilization on the eve of WW II and Truman's embattled secretary of defense at the outbreak of the Korean War.

Discover the Cold War story of Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant, comrades who spied for the Soviet Union during World War II as members of Julius Rosenberg's espionage operation and later fled behind the Iron Curtain, where they were among the founders of the Soviet microelectronics and computer industries. Through his personal access to Barr and newly declassified documents, Steven Usdin sheds new light on the motives and tradecraft of American espionage agents, and the significance of the technology that the Rosenberg group gave to the Soviet Union. He will describe failed FBI counter-intelligence blunders that could have halted the flow of intelligence to the Soviets and describe the previously unknown American origins of the Soviet Silicon Valley. Audio of this event is now available.

Laszlo Borhi, currently Holder of the Hungarian Chair, Indiana University, will discuss the major conclusions of his recent book, Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 (Central European University Press, 2004). Based on new archival evidence, the book examines Soviet Empire building in Hungary and the American response.

Experts & Staff

Christian F. Ostermann // Director, History and Public Policy Program; Global Europe; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project